EXHIBIT A
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT
PALATIN TECHNOLGIES, INC.
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Warrant Shares:
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Issuance Date: August ___,
2009
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THIS
COMMON STOCK PURCHASE WARRANT (the “ Warrant ”)
certifies that, for value received, _____________ (the “
Holder ”) is entitled, upon the terms and subject to
the limitations on exercise and the conditions hereinafter set
forth, at any time or times on or after the Issuance Date (the
“ Exercisability Date ”), but not after
11:59 p.m., New York time, on the five (5) year anniversary of
the Issuance Date of this Warrant (the “ Termination
Date ”), to subscribe for and purchase from Palatin
Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), up to ______ shares (the “
Warrant Shares ”) of Common Stock.
Section 1 .
Definitions . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in that certain
Securities Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase
Agreement ”), dated August 12, 2009, by and between the
Company and the Holder. This Warrant is one of a series of warrants
issued by the Company as of the date hereof (individually, a
“ Warrant ,” and collectively, the “
Company Warrants ”) pursuant to (i) Section 2 of the
Purchase Agreement and (ii) the Company’s Registration
Statement on Form S-3 (File number 333-146392) (the “
Registration Statement ”).
Section 2 .
Exercise .
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a)
Exercise of Warrant . Exercise of the purchase rights
represented by this Warrant may be made, in whole or in part, at
any time or times on or after the Exercisability Date and on or
before the Termination Date by delivery to the Company (or such
other office or agency of the Company as it may designate by notice
in writing to the registered Holder at the address of the Holder
appearing on the books of the Company) of a duly executed facsimile
copy of the Notice of Exercise Form annexed hereto; and, within
three (3) Trading Days of the date said Notice of Exercise is
delivered to the Company, the Company shall have received payment
of the aggregate Exercise Price of the shares thereby purchased by
wire transfer or cashier’s check drawn on a United States
bank or, if available, pursuant to the cashless exercise procedure
specified in Section 2(c) below. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the Holder shall not be required to physically
surrender this Warrant to the Company until the Holder has
purchased all of the Warrant Shares available hereunder and the
Warrant has been exercised in full, in which case, the Holder shall
surrender this Warrant to the Company for cancellation within three
(3) Trading Days of the date the final Notice of Exercise is
delivered to the Company. Partial exercises of this Warrant
resulting in purchases of a portion of the total number of Warrant
Shares available hereunder shall have the effect of lowering the
outstanding number of Warrant Shares purchasable hereunder in an
amount
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equal to the
applicable number of Warrant Shares purchased. The Holder and the
Company shall maintain records showing the number of Warrant Shares
purchased and the date of such purchases. The Company shall deliver
any objection to any Notice of Exercise Form within 2 Business Days
of receipt of such notice. The Holder and any assignee, by
acceptance of this Warrant, acknowledge and agree that, by reason
of the provisions of this paragraph, following the purchase of a
portion of the Warrant Shares hereunder, the number of Warrant
Shares available for purchase hereunder at any given time may be
less than the amount stated on the face hereof.
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b)
Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of the
Common Stock under this Warrant shall be $0.33 , subject to
adjustment hereunder (the “ Exercise Price
”).
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c)
Cashless Exercise . If at the time of exercise hereof
there is no effective registration statement registering, or the
prospectus contained therein is not available for the issuance of
the Warrant Shares to the Holder or an exemption from registration
is not available such that the Holder (unless the Holder is at the
time of exercise is an Affiliate of the Company) could not
immediately resell all Warrant Shares without any filing or
limitation on volume, then this Warrant may also be exercised, in
whole or in part, at such time by means of a “cashless
exercise” in which the Holder shall be entitled to receive a
certificate for the number of Warrant Shares equal to the quotient
obtained by dividing [(A-B) (X)] by (A), where:
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(A)
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= the VWAP on
the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which Holder
elects to exercise this Warrant by means of a “cashless
exercise,” as set forth in the applicable Notice of
Exercise;
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(B)
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= the
Exercise Price of this Warrant, as adjusted hereunder;
and
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(X)
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= the
number of Warrant Shares that would be issuable upon exercise of
this Warrant in accordance with the terms of this Warrant if such
exercise were by means of a cash exercise rather than a cashless
exercise.
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“
VWAP ”means, for any date, the price determined by the
first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common
Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the daily
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or
the nearest preceding date) on the Trading Market on which the
Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg L.P.
(“ Bloomberg ”) (based on a Trading Day from
9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:02 p.m. (New York City time),
(b) if the OTC Bulletin Board is not a Trading Market, the
volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or
the nearest preceding date) on the OTC Bulletin Board, (c) if the
Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on the OTC
Bulletin Board and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported
in the “Pink Sheets” published by Pink OTC Markets,
Inc. (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its
functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share
of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases,
the fair market value of a share of Common Stock as determined by
an independent appraiser selected in good faith by the
Company
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and reasonably
acceptable to the Holders of a majority in interest of the
Securities then outstanding, the fees and expenses of which shall
be paid by the Company.
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In
the event the Registration Statement is effective at the time this
Warrant is exercised, there is no circumstance that would require
the Company to net cash settle this Warrant.
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d)
Mechanics of Exercise .
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i.
Delivery of Certificates Upon Exercise . Certificates
for shares purchased hereunder shall be transmitted by the Transfer
Agent to the Holder by crediting the account of the Holder’s
prime broker with the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit
Withdrawal Agent Commission (“ DWAC ”) system if
the Company is then a participant in such system and either (A)
there is an effective Registration Statement covering the issuance
of the Warrant Shares to or resale of the Warrant Shares by Holder
or (B) this Warrant is being exercised via cashless exercise, and
otherwise by physical delivery to the address specified by the
Holder in the Notice of Exercise by the date that is three (3)
Trading Days after the latest of (A) the delivery to the Company of
the Notice of Exercise Form, (B) surrender of this Warrant (if
required) and (C) payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as set
forth above (including by cashless exercise, if permitted) (such
date, the “ Warrant Share Delivery Date ”). This
Warrant shall be deemed to have been properly exercised on the
first date on which all of the foregoing have been delivered to the
Company. The Warrant Shares shall be deemed to have been issued,
and Holder or any other person so designated to be named therein
shall be deemed to have become a holder of record of such shares
for all purposes, as of the date the Warrant has been exercised,
with payment to the Company of the Exercise Price (or by cashless
exercise, if permitted) and all taxes required to be paid by the
Holder, if any, pursuant to Section 2(d)(vi) prior to the issuance
of such shares, having been paid.
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ii.
Delivery of New Warrants Upon Exercise . If this
Warrant shall have been exercised in part, the Company shall, at
the request of a Holder and upon surrender of this Warrant
certificate, at the time of delivery of the certificate or
certificates representing Warrant Shares, deliver to Holder a new
Warrant evidencing the rights of Holder to purchase the unpurchased
Warrant Shares called for by this Warrant, which new Warrant shall
in all other respects be identical with this Warrant.
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iii.
Rescission Rights . If the Company fails to cause the
Transfer Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the
certificates representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to Section
2(d)(i) by the Warrant Share Delivery Date, then, the Holder will
have the right to rescind such exercise as provided in the Purchase
Agreement.
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iv.
Compensation for Buy-In on Failure to Timely Deliver
Certificates Upon Exercise . In addition to any other rights
available to the Holder, if the Company fails to cause the Transfer
Agent to transmit to the Holder a certificate or the certificates
representing the Warrant Shares pursuant to an exercise on or
before the Warrant Share Delivery Date, and if after such Warrant
Share Delivery Date, the Holder is required by its broker to
purchase (in an open market transaction or otherwise) or the
Holder’s brokerage firm otherwise purchases, shares of Common
Stock to deliver in satisfaction of a sale by the Holder of the
Warrant Shares which the Holder anticipated receiving upon such
exercise (a “ Buy-In ”), then the Company shall
(A) pay in cash to the Holder the amount, if any, by which (x) the
Holder’s total purchase price (including brokerage
commissions, if any) for the shares of Common Stock so purchased
exceeds (y) the amount obtained by multiplying (1) the number of
Warrant Shares that the Company was required to deliver to the
Holder in connection with the exercise at issue times (2) the price
at which the sell order giving rise to such purchase obligation was
executed, and (B) at the option of the Holder, either reinstate the
portion of the Warrant and equivalent number of Warrant Shares for
which such exercise was not honored (in which case such exercise
shall be deemed rescinded) or deliver to the Holder the number of
shares of Common Stock that would have been issued had the Company
timely complied with its exercise and delivery obligations
hereunder. For example, if the Holder purchases Common Stock having
a total purchase price of $11,000 to cover a Buy-In with respect to
an attempted exercise of shares of Common Stock with an aggregate
sale price giving rise to such purchase obligation of $10,000,
under clause (A) of the immediately preceding sentence the Company
shall be required to pay the Holder $1,000. The Holder shall
provide the Company written notice indicating the amounts payable
to the Holder in respect of the Buy-In and, upon request of the
Company, evidence of the amount of such loss. Nothing herein shall
limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available
to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation,
a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with
respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver
certificates representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of
the Warrant as required pursuant to the terms hereof.
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v.
No Fractional Shares or Scrip . No fractional shares
or scrip representing fractional shares shall be issued upon the
exercise of this Warrant. As to any fraction of a share which the
Holder would otherwise be entitled to purchase upon such exercise,
the Company shall, pay a cash adjustment in respect of such final
fraction in an amount equal to such fraction multiplied by the
Exercise Price.
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vi.
Charges, Taxes and Expenses . Issuance of
certificates for Warrant Shares shall be made without charge to the
Holder for any issue or transfer tax or other incidental expense in
respect of the issuance of
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such
certificate, all of which transfer taxes and expenses shall be paid
by the Company, and such certificates shall be issued in the name
of the Holder or in such name or names as may be directed by the
Holder; provided, however, that in the event certificates for
Warrant Shares are to be issued in a name other than the name of
the Holder, this Warrant when surrendered for exercise shall be
accompanied by a written assignment of this Warrant substantially
in the form attached hereto (the “ Assignment Form
”) duly executed by the Holder and the Company may require,
as a condition thereto, the payment of a sum sufficient to
reimburse it for any transfer tax incidental thereto.
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vii.
Closing of Books . The Company will not close its
stockholder books or records in any manner which prevents the
timely exercise of this Warrant, pursuant to the terms
hereof.
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e)
Holder’s Exercise Limitations . The Company
shall not effect any exercise of this Warrant, and a Holder shall
not have the right to exercise any portion of this Warrant,
pursuant to Section 2 or otherwise, to the extent that after giving
effect to such issuance after exercise as set forth on the
applicable Notice of Exercise, the Holder (together with the
Holder’s Affiliates, and any other Persons acting as a group
together with the Holder or any of the Holder’s Affiliates),
would beneficially own in excess of the Beneficial Ownership
Limitation (as defined below). For purposes of the foregoing
sentence, the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
by the Holder and its Affiliates shall include the number of shares
of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant with respect
to which such determination is being made, but shall exclude the
number of shares of Common Stock which would be issuable upon (i)
exercise of the remaining, nonexercised portion of this Warrant
beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its Affiliates and (ii)
exercise or conversion of the unexercised or nonconverted portion
of any other securities of the Company (including, without
limitation, any other Common Stock Equivalents) subject to a
limitation on conversion or exercise analogous to the limitation
contained herein beneficially owned by the Holder or any of its
Affiliates. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence,
for purposes of this Section 2(e), beneficial ownership shall be
calculated in accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, it being
acknowledged by the Holder that the Company is not representing to
the Holder that such calculation is in compliance with Section
13(d) of the Exchange Act and the Holder is solely responsible for
any schedules required to be filed in accordance therewith. To the
extent that the limitation contained in this Section 2(e) applies,
the determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in
relation to other securities owned by the Holder together with any
Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable
shall be in the sole discretion of the Holder, and the submission
of a Notice of Exercise shall be deemed to be the Holder’s
determination of whether this Warrant is exercisable (in relation
to other securities owned by the Holder together with any
Affiliates) and of which portion of this Warrant is exercisable, in
each case subject to the Beneficial Ownership Limitation, and the
Company shall have no obligation to verify or confirm the accuracy
of such determination and shall have no liability for exercises of
the Warrant that are not in compliance with the Beneficial
Ownership Limitation. In addition, a
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determination
as to any group status as contemplated above shall be determined in
accordance with Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of this Section
2(e), in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common
Stock, a Holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock as reflected in (A) the Company’s most recent
periodic or annual report filed with the Commission, as the case
may be, (B) a more recent public announcement by the Company or (C)
a more recent written notice by the Company or the Transfer Agent
setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock
outstanding. Upon the written or oral request of a Holder,
the Company shall within two Trading Days confirm orally and in
writing to the Holder the number of shares of Common Stock then
outstanding as established by (A), (B), or (C) above, as
applicable. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of
Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the
conversion or exercise of securities of the Company, including this
Warrant, by the Holder or its Affiliates since the date as of which
such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. The
“ Beneficial Ownership Limitation ” shall be
4.9% of the number of shares of the Common Stock outstanding
immediately after giving effect to the issuance of shares of Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Holder, upon not
less than 61 days’ prior notice to the Company, may increase
or decrease the Beneficial Ownership Limitation provisions of this
Section 2(e), provided that the Beneficial Ownership Limitation in
no event exceeds 9.99% of the number of shares of the Common Stock
outstanding immediately after giving effect to the issuance of
shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant held by the
Holder and the provisions of this Section 2(e) shall continue to
apply. Any such increase or decrease will not be effective until
the 61st day after such notice is delivered to the Company and
shall only be effective with respect to such Holder. The provisions
of this paragraph shall be construed and implemented in a manner
otherwise than in strict conformity with the terms of this Section
2(e) to correct this paragraph (or any portion hereof) which may be
defective or inconsistent with the intended Beneficial Ownership
Limitation herein contained or to make changes or supplements
necessary or desirable to prope
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